VSt is haunting little music, from Matignon to the Elysée, passing through the various ministries, and it seems very different from that played by the unions and many French people. Pension reform? A project placed under the sign of ” justice “with devices “balanced”which will accompany the “more fragile” and will be in the end “carrier of progress”, in the words of the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, during her presentation on Tuesday, January 10. The effort will be “fairly distributed according to the situation of each”added the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.
“The reform has “come out” rather well. It remains to be present in the media with the French, and to train the activists ”we whispered, a few days later, within the presidential party, Renaissance, where we said we were relieved at the reception of the project by the troops, a time disoriented by a complex measure to justify, even to the supporters of Emmanuel Macron.
This apparent satisfaction contrasts with the general feeling of the French. More than six in ten believe reform is necessary, according to an OpinionWay poll for The echoes and Radio Classique published on January 17, but not in the way the government plans to conduct it: barely a third of them think that it will “save the system”even less to find it ” fair “.
The Head of State expressly asked his ministers, in particular those on the front line on the subject (Olivier Dussopt at work, Stanislas Guerini for the civil service, the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, as well as the two tenants of Bercy, Bruno Le Maire and Gabriel Attal), to educate their fellow citizens. But, here again, the arguments seem disconnected from the concerns of the country.
“Contradictory messages”
Reform is nothing less than a “solidarity guarantee”professes the Minister of the Economy, who sees in it precisely the opposite of the “every man for himself”, in order to assure the younger generations that they will still have a funded retirement. And, on the leaflet distributed by the militants and the deputies, the words “balance”, “justice” and “progress” slam like so many promises, pledges of prosperity.
“There are really mixed messagesnotes Frédéric Dabi, managing director of the IFOP polling institute. At the heart of the reform, there is the idea of efforts required to save the system. This reactivates the register of deception, while, for most of the population, the point retained is the passage of the legal age from 62 to 64 years. »
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